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Princeton University - WordNet - a lexical database for the English language Category: General Date & country: 27/01/2008, USA Words: 85192

sensory activity
noun activity intended to achieve a particular sensory result

sensory deprivation
noun a form of psychological torture inflicted by depriving the victim of all sensory input

sensory epilepsy
noun focal epilepsy initiated by somatosensory phenomena

sensory nerve
afferent nerve noun a nerve that passes impulses from receptors toward or to the central nervous system

sensory neuron
afferent neuron noun a neuron conducting impulses inwards to the brain or spinal cord

sensory system
noun the body`s system of sense organs

sensual
sultry adjective sexually exciting or gratifying; `sensual excesses`; `a sultry look`; `a sultry dance`

sensualism
noun (philosophy) the ethical doctrine that feeling is the only criterion for what is good

sensualist
noun a person who enjoys sensuality

sensuality
sensualness noun desire for sensual pleasures

sensually
sultrily adverb in a sultry and sensual manner; `the belly dancer mover sensually among the tables`

sensuous
adjective taking delight in beauty; `the sensuous joy from all things fair`

sensuously
adverb with aesthetic gratification or delight; `sensuously delighting in the wine and food`

sensuousness
noun a sensuous feeling

sent
adjective caused or enabled to go or be conveyed or transmitted

sente
noun 100 sente equal 1 loti in Lesotho

sentence
noun a string of words satisfying the grammatical rules of a language; `he always spoke in grammatical sentences`

sentence stress
noun the distribution of stresses within a sentence

sentence structure
phrase structure noun the grammatical arrangement of words in sentences

sentential
adjective of or relating to a sentence; `the sentential subject`

sentential function
noun formal expression containing variables; becomes a sentence when variables are replaced by constants

sententious
adjective abounding in or given to pompous or aphoristic moralizing; `too often the significant episode deteriorates into sententious conversation`- Kathleen Barnes

sentience
noun the readiness to perceive sensations; elementary or undifferentiated consciousness; `gave sentience to slugs and newts`- Richard Eberhart

sentience
sentiency noun the faculty through which the external world is apprehended; `in the dark he had to depend on touch and on his senses of smell and hearing`

sentient
adjective consciously perceiving; `sentient of the intolerable load`; `a boy so sentient of his surroundings`- W.A.White

sentiment
noun tender, romantic, or nostalgic feeling or emotion

sentimental
adjective given to or marked by sentiment or sentimentality

sentimentalism
noun a predilection for sentimentality

sentimentalist
noun someone who indulges in excessive sentimentality

sentimentality
noun extravagant or affected feeling or emotion

sentimentalization
sentimentalisation noun the act of indulging in sentiment

sentimentally
adverb in a sentimental manner; ``I miss the good old days,` she added sentimentally`

sentry box
noun a small shelter with an open front to protect a sentry from the weather

sepal
noun one of the green parts that form the calyx of a flower

sepaloid
sepaline adjective resembling or characteristic of a sepal

separability
noun the capability of being separated

separably
adverb with possibility of separation or individuation; `the two ideas were considered separably`

separate
adjective independent; not united or joint; `a problem consisting of two separate issues`; `they went their separate ways`; `formed a separate church`

separate
verb force, take, or pull apart; `He separated the fighting children`; `Moses parted the Red Sea`

separated
spaced adjective spaced apart

separation
breakup noun coming apart

separationism
separatism noun advocacy of a policy of strict separation of church and state

separatism
noun a disposition toward schism and secession from a larger group; the principles and practices of separatists; `separatism is a serious problem in Quebec`; `demands for some form of separatism on grounds of religion have been perceived as a threat to mainstream education`

separatist
separationist noun an advocate of secession or separation from a larger group (such as an established church or a national union)

separative
adjective (of a word) referring singly and without exception to the members of a group; `whereas `each,` `every,` `either,` `neither,` and `none` are distributive or referring to a single member of a group, `which` in `which of the men` is separative`

Sephardi
Sephardic Jew noun a Jew who is of Spanish or Portuguese or North African descent

Sepia
genus Sepia noun type genus of the Sepiidae

Sepiidae
family Sepiidae noun true cuttlefishes

sepsis
noun the presence of pus-forming bacteria or their toxins in the blood or tissues

septal
septate adjective of or relating to a septum

septal defect
noun a congenital abnormality in the septum between the left and right sides of the heart

septation
noun the division or partitioning of a cavity into parts by a septum

septectomy
noun surgical removal of all or part of a septum (especially the nasal septum or atrial septum)

September
Sep noun the month following August and preceding October

September elm
red elm 2 Ulmus serotina noun autumn-flowering elm of southeastern United States

septet
septette noun a musical composition written for seven performers

septic
infected adjective containing or resulting from disease-causing organisms; `a septic sore throat`; `a septic environment`; `septic sewage`

septic tank
noun large tank where solid matter or sewage is disintegrated by bacteria

septicemic
adjective characteristic of septicemia; `a septicemic temperature curve`

septicemic plague
noun an especially dangerous and generally fatal form of the plague in which infecting organisms invade the bloodstream; does not spread from person to person

septillion
noun the number that is represented as a one followed by 24 zeros

Septobasidiaceae
family Septobasidiaceae noun a family of fungi belonging to the subdivision Basidiomycota

Septobasidium
genus Septobasidium noun type genus of Septobasidiaceae: smooth shelf fungi usually having a well-developed sometimes thick-walled hypobasidium

septrional
adjective of northern regions; from the seven stars (or seven plowing oxen) of Ursa Major

septuagenarian
noun someone whose age is in the seventies

Septuagesima
Septuagesima Sunday noun the 3rd Sunday before Lent (or the 9th before Easter)

Septuagint
noun the oldest Greek version of the Old Testament; said to have been translated from the Hebrew by Jewish scholars at the request of Ptolemy II

septum
noun (anatomy) a dividing partition between two tissues or cavities

septuple
sevenfold adjective having seven units or components

sepulchral
adjective of or relating to a sepulchre; `sepulchral inscriptions`; `sepulchral monuments in churches`

sequel
subsequence noun something that follows something else

sequela
noun any abnormality following or resulting from a disease or injury or treatment; `paralysis is one of the sequelae of poliomyelitis`

sequella
noun a secondary consequence

sequenator
noun (chemistry) an apparatus that can determine the sequence of monomers in a polymer

sequence
episode noun film consisting of a succession of related shots that develop a given subject in a movie

sequencer
noun computer hardware that sorts data or programs into a predetermined sequence

sequencer
noun (chemistry) an apparatus that can determine the sequence of monomers in a polymer

sequester
keep apart verb set apart from others; `The dentist sequesters the tooth he is working on`

sequestered
adjective kept separate and secluded; `a sequestered jury`

sequestrate
keep apart verb set apart from others; `The dentist sequesters the tooth he is working on`

sequestration
noun a writ that authorizes the seizure of property

sequin
spangle noun adornment consisting of a small piece of shiny material used to decorate clothing

sequoia
redwood noun either of two huge coniferous California trees that reach a height of 300 feet; sometimes placed in the Taxodiaceae

Sequoia National Park
noun a national park in California that includes Mount Whitney

Sequoiadendron
genus Sequoiadendron noun giant sequoias; sometimes included in the genus Sequoia; until recently placed in the Taxodiaceae

Sequoya
Sequoyah noun Cherokee who created a notation for writing the Cherokee language (1770-1843)

serape
sarape noun a long brightly colored shawl; worn mainly by Mexican men

seraph
noun an angel of the first order; usually portrayed as the winged head of a child

seraphic
seraphical adjective of or relating to an angel of the first order; `he imagined a seraphic presence in the room`

Serbia
Srbija noun a historical region in central and northern Yugoslavia; Serbs settled the region in the 6th and 7th centuries

Serbia and Montenegro
Union of Serbia and Montenegro noun a mountainous republic in southeastern Europe bordering on the Adriatic Sea; formed from two of the six republics that made up Yugoslavia until 1992; Serbia and Montenegro were known as the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia until 2003 when they adopted the name of the Union of Serbia and Montenegro

Serbian
adjective of or relating to the people or language or culture of the region of Serbia

Serbo-Croat
Serbo-Croatian noun the Slavic language of the Serbs and Croats; the Serbian dialect is usually written in the Cyrillic alphabet and the Croatian dialect is usually written in the Roman alphabet

sere
sear adjective (used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture; `dried-up grass`; `the desert was edged with sere vegetation`; `shriveled leaves on the unwatered seedlings`; `withered vines`

serenade
noun a song characteristically played outside the house of a woman

serendipitous
adjective lucky in making unexpected and fortunate discoveries

serendipity
noun good luck in making unexpected and fortunate discoveries

serene
adjective completely clear and fine; `serene skies and a bright blue sea`

serenely
adverb in a peacefully serene manner; `I had the feeling that he was waiting, too--serenely patient`

sereness
noun a withered dryness